For a short while there, the bar at the corner of Downer Place and Lake Street in downtown Aurora was known as The Question Mark.

But that was more than 40 years ago. After Bevery Bugbee took over from her mother in 1977, she changed the name to The Web, and the bar has been open under that name at 134 W. Downer Place since then.

Now, with a new owner, it appears the bar will keep that recognizable name, at least for the time being. Dan Ardelean, Beverly Bugbee’s nephew, himself a long-time Auroran, said he “kicked around the idea of changing the name,” but will let it stay for now.

“The Web has had its ups and downs, but it’s been in my family for 50 years,” Ardelean said this week. “We wanted to pass things on.”

With the ownership change, Ardelean has had to apply for a new Class A tavern liquor license with the city. Aldermen are expected to approve the new license at the regular City Council meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers, City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place.

Because The Web has video gambling terminals, it also needs new gaming licenses from both the state and the city. Ardelean said he is talking to the State Gaming Commission about the new license.

After getting the state license, he will need a new city license for the gambling terminals.

Aurora City Clerk Wendy McCambridge says that should be no problem, even though the city’s rules about video gambling have changed since The Web would have first gotten its terminals.

The city passed a new, all-encompassing set of rules earlier this year that regulates the number of terminals in the city, and also regulates the geographic distribution. Under the new rules, establishments with video gambling cannot be within a mile-and-a-half of each other, and The Web is closer than that to the other downtown bar with video gambling terminals, Miss Lee’s.

But McCambridge said that provision only kicks in with “new establishments.” With The Web staying open through its ownership change, it should be no problem meeting the city’s requirements for its local gaming license.

Ardelean said there will be some changes at The Web — a new floor, some new tables and chairs and more televisions. And Ardelean said he wants the place to be “more community-oriented,” drawing in a younger crowd.

“But I want it to be for people 21 to their 70s,” he said. “Not just for young people.”

He also is hoping to develop a liaison with the city’s food trucks, to have them there on Fridays and Saturdays.

Two of the bar’s trademarks — it’s historic bar, believed to be one of the longest in Kane County, and the high ceilings — will stay.